A NONPARTISAN BOOM: Jim Mattis sets the record straight on if he’s ‘sort of a Democrat’ or not

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis met with reporters on his flight to Vietnam and answered questions about his relationship with President Donald Trump.

First up, Sec. Mattis didn’t even watch the “60 Minutes” segment that set the MSM on fire when the president said the retired 4 star general was “kind of a Democrat”:

NEW: has he spoken to Trump? Mattis says “No. I have not. Frankly, I didn't watch the interview, I didn't see it. So I read what's in your papers about it, but going through them; I haven't gotten through them all yet. “

NEW: headed to Vietnam Mattis is asked what he thinks of Trump’s comments on 60 Minutes that he is a Democrat & might leave: “Nothing at all. I'm on his team. We have never talked about me leaving. And as you can see right here, we're on our way. We just continue doing our job”

And on reports he’s leaving the Trump administration, Sec. Mattis said “We have never talked about me leaving”:

Mattis: “I'm on his team. We have never talked about me leaving.” Talking aboard an Air Force plane on his way to Vietnam he said, “and as you can see right here, we're on our way. We just continue doing our job.”

2/ …By that, I mean that in our duties, we were brought up to obey the elected commander in chief, whoever that is. And we've seen, over those — since I was in the military longer than some of you have been alive, I have seen Republicans and Democrats come and go….

4/… So my role…and I realize you all write about tension between this person and that, this administration and that party, and this sort of thing. But when you think 83 percent of the U.S. Congress voting the same way on an issue put forward by the Republican president…

5/ … you can see that my portfolio is bipartisan by its very basis, and that is the protection of the United States. That's what President Trump has told me to do, and I eagerly carry that out, alongside probably the most selfless young men and women…